Acting

Witold Skaruch

Born January 11, 1930 · Ciechanów, Polska

Died February 17, 2010 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

I Hate Mondays · 1971

I Hate Mondays

★ 7.41971

MovieComedy

An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.

A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.

A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.

Journey for One Smile · 1972

Journey for One Smile

★ 7.81972

MovieFamilyAdventure

Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.

Set in the early years of the century. A story of a country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. His current wife, had enough of his obsession and has taken a lover, who is mysteriously paralyzed. Meanwhile, main character's son gets his first taste of sensual experience with a mute peasant girl.

Colonel Wolodyjowski · 1969

Colonel Wolodyjowski

★ 7.01969

MovieHistoryAdventure

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.

Filmography

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I Hate Mondays · 1971

I Hate Mondays

★ 7.41971

MovieComedy

An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.

Band Leader's Assistant (uncredited)

A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.

Witek

A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.

CIA Employee #2

Governor's Secretary

Journey for One Smile · 1972

Journey for One Smile

★ 7.81972

MovieFamilyAdventure

Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.

Fiat Driver

Doctor

Colonel Wolodyjowski · 1969

Colonel Wolodyjowski

★ 7.01969

MovieHistoryAdventure

Monk with Keys

Priest

The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.

Mieczysław Hlebowicz

Lesson of a Dead Language · 1979

Lesson of a Dead Language

★ 6.71979

MovieWarDrama

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.

Kwasirzór, dyrektor gimnazjum (nie występuje w napisach)

The Deluge · 1974

The Deluge

★ 7.21974

MovieHistoryAdventure

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.

Priest (uncredited)

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.

Grenade Maker

Lazarus' Whims · 1973

Lazarus' Whims

★ 10.01973

MovieTV MovieDrama

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.

Hell and Heaven · 1966

Hell and Heaven

★ 6.51966

MovieComedyFantasy

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

First Assistant Director

Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to his own country.

Karen's Father

Dziady. Część III · 1981

Dziady. Część III

1981

Movie

Sekretarz

Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies · 2007

Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies

★ 7.22007

MovieDramaHistory

Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever.

Wlasciciel rekwirowanego samochodu

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

Man at Opara's House

The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.

Fiddler (uncredited)

A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.

'Professor'

Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters · 1971

Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters

★ 6.81971

MovieDrama

Lives of three people intersect when they meet on a holiday in Mazury.

Tour Guide

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was interspersed with many setbacks that enfeebled him from the inside. Although he made a career in film, he was not happy with his life.

Priest

The House of Fools · 1985

The House of Fools

★ 5.91985

MovieDramaComedy

The feature film debut of director Marek Koterski. Thirty-year-old Adaś Miauczyński visits his parents, which ends with his nervous breakdown.

Emergency doctor

Tribute to a Gray Day · 1984

Tribute to a Gray Day

★ 10.01984

MovieDramaWar

The year 1943. The Second World War is on. A group of partisans, which includes, among others, the young poet Gonczar, his friend Włodek and Zosia, are ordered to blow up a railway bridge during a military transport crossing. The task is completed, but with great losses.

Gonczar's father

Boża podszewka. Część druga · 2005

Boża podszewka. Część druga

★ 5.82005

SeriesDrama

interesant w PUR-ze

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy · 1980

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy

★ 7.51980

SeriesComedy

Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.

Litwinek, dyrektor gabinetu Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej

4 Alternative Street · 1986

4 Alternative Street

★ 8.41986

SeriesComedy

4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.

Tadeusz, członek Stowarzyszenia "Grunwald"

The miniseries shows in a colorful way the acting environment of Poland in the interwar period of the 20th century from behind the scenes. The main character works as a show dancer in theaters and cabarets, experiencing both professional successes and humiliating failures and poverty.

Fensterglass, revue manager

Witek Karuch

Do krwi ostatniej · 1981

Do krwi ostatniej

1981

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

oficer I-szej Dywizji

Polish crime / drama TV series portraying Warsaw police officers from Central Bureau of Investigations who got on the trail of counterfeit Euro banknotes which involves local gangsters and French crime syndicate.

hrabia Artur Koniecpolski

Mistrz i Małgorzata · 1990

Mistrz i Małgorzata

1990

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Rimski